Is base64 safe to use?

base64 has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (0.22.1). DepScope rates its health at 83/100 (low risk).

What is the latest version of base64?

The latest version of base64 is 0.22.1, released 2024-04-30.

Does base64 have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of base64.

Is base64 deprecated?

No, base64 is actively maintained. Latest release: 0.22.1 (2024-04-30).

What are alternatives to base64?

Popular alternatives to base64 in Cargo include: hashbrown, getrandom, windows-sys, syn, rand_core.

What license does base64 use?

base64 is licensed under MIT OR Apache-2.0.

base64

cargov0.22.1

encodes and decodes base64 as bytes or utf8

License MIT OR Apache-2.0permissive43 versions0 deps239,364,609 weekly dl

marshallpierce/rust-base64

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Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 83/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

20/25

maintenance

20/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

3/15

community

0/15

popularity_floor

Vulnerabilities

none known

OSS Scorecard

OpenSSF security posture score

4.4/10

weak

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

1

Contributors (12m)

2

Primary author dominance

83%

GitHub stars

719

single active maintainer 3m

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.78critical

Download trend

stable(+2.5%)

Health History

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